Churn



(No Model.) I

' E. P. SMITH.

CHURN.

No. 535,146.' rammed Mar. 5,1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

EUGENE P. SMITH, OF MANCHESTER, VIRGINIA.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,146, dated March 5,1895.

Application filed June 21, 1894. Serial No. 515,259. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE P. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Manchester, in the county of Chesterfield and State ofVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Churns;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in churnsand especially to the class of body working churns which agitate thecream by a rocking motion, the bodyportion being detachably held to aplatform or frame work by means of a rubber band, which is adapted to beattached to the base of the churn by means of a clip, the rocking of thebody being limited by the elasticity of the rubber bands, which assiststo return the churn to its horizontal position when tilted to one side.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of adeflector held within the churn and supported from the cover of thechurn, this deflector aiding greatlyin agitating the cream in theprocess of butter making.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain, the sameconsists further in the novel construction, combination and adaptationof the parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and thenspecifically defined in the appended claims.

I clearly illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, whichwith the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which drawings, similar letters of referenceindicate like parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1, isa sectional view of my churn; Fig. 2, a detail of the rubber band, andbase of churn; Fig. 3 an enlarged view of the deflector. Fig. 4 is anenlarged detail of the fastening.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter Arepresents the body of the churn, and B a suitable frame on which thechurn rocks. Attached at their ends to the ends of the side rails (J ofthe frame B,

are rubber bands D, said bands extending longitudinally over the upperfaces of said rails.

These rubber bands have secured thereto at their longitudinal centersclips D" having hooked ends ,E which are adapted to engage correspondingplates E which are carried by the bottom of the churn at its side edges.It will be seen that when the body portion is tilted to one side a shortdistance, the rubber bands begin to stretch and when under sufficienttension, will serve to return the churn to a horizontal position and theweight of the cream being thrown to the other end of the churn, the bodyportion tilts in the other direction, and the tension from the other endof the band serves to return the churn to its starting position.

Supported by rods H, H, from the cover I is a deflector J, which whenthe cover is on the churn, is held a short distance above the floor ofthe churn, and at each engaging corner of the deflector is a coiledspring K, which normally tend to hold the deflector in a verticalposition. When, however, the churn is tilted to one side, the creamfollowing the rounded inner'surface of the body portion reaches a pointnear the cover, when it falls or breaks over, striking the deflectornear its base, the force of the cream causing the de flector to swingback under the pressure, and the cream passes over the upper edge, andpart under, thus meeting from both sides, coming together violentlycausing a greater agitation of the cream. When pressure is removed, thedeflector returns, under the stress of the spring to a vertical positionready to receive the cream coming from the opposite end of the churnwhen the body portion is tilted in the opposite direction, at whichmovement, the operation of the deflector is repeated, but swinging inthe opposite direction.

The clips D are held in engagement with the clips upon the churn body bymeans of a coiled spring E which connects the inner ends of the clips D,and extends transversely across the frame B, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a rocking-churn, the combination with a rectangular frame havingelastic bands upon the upper faces of its side rails and attached to theends thereof, of the rocking churn body having recesses in its bottomand seated upon the elastic bands, the plates fitting over saidrecesses, and the clips attached to the said bands and adapted todetaohably engage said plates, substantially as shown and described.

2. A deflector for Working body churns consisting of the part J, thewires H, coiled as described, to form springs K, adapted to normallyhold the part J in the same plane as that of the wires H, but adapted tobe swung backward and forward by the force of the cream, substantiallyas described.

3. In combination With the frame, the rub- EUGENE P. SMITH.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. HANNA, ALBERT SMITH.

